كم

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adverb

كَمْ (kam)

  1. how many
    كَمْ كِتَابًا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ؟
    kam kitāban turīdu ʔan taštariya?
    How many books do you want to buy?
  2. how much

Etymology 2

Artificial formation from the word above.

Pronunciation

Noun

كَمّ (kammm

  1. quantity, multitude
    اَلْعِبْرَةُ بِٱلْكَيْفِ لَا بِٱلْكَمِّ
    al-ʕibratu bi-l-kayfi lā bi-l-kammi
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (physics) quantum
Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ـكُمْ (-kumm pl (enclitic form of أَنْتُم (ʔantum))

  1. you, your (masculine plural) (bound object pronoun)
    السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʿalaykum — "peace be upon you"

Etymology 4

Compare ب ك م (b-k-m).

Verb

كَمَّ (kamma) I, non-past يَكُمُّ‎ (yakummu)

  1. to cover up, to close up by enveloping, to muzzle
Conjugation
Derived terms

Noun

كِمّ (kimmm (plural أَكْمَام (ʔakmām) or أَكِمَّة (ʔakimma) or كِمَام (kimām) or أَكَامِيم (ʔakāmīm))

  1. calyx of a flower, the envelope or spathe of a palm-tree or the like
Declension

Noun

كُمّ (kummm (plural أَكْمَام (ʔakmām) or كِمَمَة (kimama))

  1. sleeve of a garment
Declension